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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

BOOKS READ IN FEBRUARY

Despite the shorter number of days I had a stellar reading month: 11 books. It did help that many were excellent, that it was rainy and cloudy and cold almost all month, and that hubby was gone on business for the last week. Odd for me, I read four non-fiction books, three of which were reading group picks. I so wanted to finish the 1962 list for My Big Fat Reading Project, but I did not quite make it. I only have three to go so I will finish that list in March for sure.

A great stack of books! That's a lot of nonfiction for you, ha! I'm the one who's supposed to be reading Madelein Thien as she won the Giller Prize for it in the North Country. You seem to have liked it right? For some reason I've been intimidated by the looks of it... yet I'm interested in books about the Cultural Revolution - My favorite being Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng.

Yes, it is strange how so much nonfiction has crept into my reading. I loved Do Not Say We Have Nothing, but my reading group did not except for one other person. It has a lot about music in it: playing, performing, composing, which could be daunting for someone who has not had classical music in their life experience. But you sure get a huge dose of Cultural Revolution too. I will check out the other one you mention.

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